Combined coal-scuttle and ash-sifter



(No Model.)

A. BAYLEY.

. COMBINED GOAL SOUTTLE AND ASH SIFTBR.

Patented Aug. 28, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED EAYLEY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED COAL- SCUTTLE AND ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,848, dated August 28, 1883.

Application filed December 15, 1882. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BAYLEY, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Ooal-Scuttles and Ash-Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a combined coal-scuttle and ash-sifter of greater utility and effectiveness; and it consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, all substantially as will be herein set forth, and finally embodied in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar'letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a vertical section, showing the arrangement of the interior of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan; Fig. 3, a rear end view; Fig. 4, a side view of the front portion of the scuttle; Fig. 5, a plan of the cover, showing one portion thereof turned back to show the under side 5 and Fig. 6 is a plan of the sifter.

In carrying out my invention the ash-sifter A is provided with the handle B, which is made removable by having the screwshank 0, thus adapting said handle to be more readily packed for shipping. On the upper edge of the sifter, at a point opposite the handle, is formed a lug, D, which is perforated to form means whereby the said sifter may be hung from a suitable support when said sifter is not in use. Said lug, by projecting, as shown, is adapted to rest on a bracket or support, E, depending from the under side of the lip-cover F, hinged to the cover G. The construction of the sifter with the lug and handle arranged opposite one another, as described, and the arrangement of the said sifter in the scuttle, allow said sifter to be removed entirely from the scuttle without touching any part thereof but the handle, whereby the hands of the manipulator are prevented from becoming soiled. Again, the arrangement herein shown allows not only a slight backward and forward mo tion to the sifter, but also a lateral motion, so that the said manipulator may have a more perfect control of the sifter, and the ashes be more quickly and thoroughly sifted. The ar rangement of the handle upon the upper edge of the scuttle obviates the need of any PGCIP liar device to receive it, which would increase the cost of the scuttle and render the same undesirable. The sides i of the sifter, at the lower edge, Fig. 1, are provided or formed with a flange, H, to receive the screen I, and when the screen is laid in the socket formed by the flange the flanged edge is bent under the screen to hold the latter in place without soldering. The covers F and G are provided with flanges L, which are adapted to close down around the upper edges of the scuttle which is preferably constructed of apiece of wire having its ends bent, as shown in Figs.

1, 2, 5, which ends are secured to the under side of the cover. By this construction a slot is formed to receive the lug D and to allow the latter to move laterally therein, so that the sieve may have a pivotal movement on its own center.

It is not intended that the covers shall be attached to the scuttle at the factory, but that the said covers, the scuttles, and the sifters or sieves be packed separately, so that greater compactness shall be secured. WVhen the said parts have reached the retailer, the same may be arranged together in proper relation. To adapt the parts to this procedure I form 011 the scuttle-body ears M N for the hinge-pins 0. One of said ears, M, is allowed to remain partially open, as in Fig. 4, so that when the scuttle and cover arrive in a separated condi tion at the retailers store said retailer may insert the hinge-pins into their proper bearings, when the open ear M is closed andthe cover held into permanent relation to the scuttle. After sifting the ashes the sifter is re moved and the cover G is thrown down, and

the cover F is opened and thrown back upon the cover G. Then by taking hold of the bail l? with one hand and pressing down on the top of the cover G, and withthe other taking 2. In combination, the coal-scuttle M, the cover G, having the recess 6, the cover F, having the support E and the sifter A, having the handle 13 and 111g D, all arranged and 0p- I 5 erating substantially as herein set forth.

ALFRED BAYLEY.

Witnesses: Y

HORACE HARRIs, 4 ROBERT BARRATT. 

